Aero-News: Quote of the Day

ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and issues.

Sometimes, you'll find them timely and in keeping with the content of the day's news... and sometimes, they'll just be thought-provoking.

Reader suggestions and comments are welcome... and if particularly intriguing, timely, or poignant, may themselves become future Quotes of the Day.

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"The thing was full of sand and dirt, had a ton of paint on it, and the engine and prop were in terrible shape.  It was also incredibly hard to disassemble after all the years in the desert, and we didn't want to see it anymore after we got it to Denver."

Source: For more than 30 years, a Northrop (Radioplane)-built KD2R-5 Shelduck target drone sat on a pole in the dry desert near El Paso, Texas.  It was used as a low budget weather vane at the Horizon Airport (T27), rarely getting attention and rarely attended to.  The Spirit of Flight Center air museum, located at the Erie Municipal airport (KEIK) just north of Denver, had been looking to add a target drone to its collection, and through a tip from a visitor they became aware of the lonely weather vane. 

FMI: www.spiritofflight.com